PM-Kisan Samman Nidhi – FAQs
PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI (PM.KISAN) – Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

FAQs
- What is Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi ?
- Whether the benefits of the scheme are admissible to only Small & Marginal Farmers’ (SMF) families?
- What are the benefits of the Scheme?
- When was the scheme launched?
- From which date the Scheme has come into effect?
- Who are eligible to get benefits under the Scheme?
- Who are not eligible to get benefits under the Scheme? (What are the Exclusion Criteria under the Scheme?)
- How many times the benefit will be given in a year?
- Whether an employee of the Central/State Government / PSU / Autonomous Organization, etc., who holds cultivable land in his/her own name in villages, is eligible to get the benefit under the scheme?
- Will any individual or farmer family owning more than 2 hectare of cultivable land get any benefit under the scheme?
- What will happen if the beneficiary gives incorrect declaration for the implementation of the Scheme?
- What is the cutoff date for determination of eligibility of beneficiaries under the scheme?
- Whether the scheme benefits will be allowed in cases where transfer of ownership of cultivable land takes place after the cut-off date of 01.02.2019 on account of succession due to death of the landowner?
- Whether transfer of ownership occurred between 01.12.2018 and 31.01.2019 are eligible for consideration?
- ls an income tax payee farmer or his / her spouse eligible to get benefit under the scheme?